Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-03-25
Miscellaneous.
AN ACT to regulate the practice of m

AN ACT to regulate the practice of medicine in
the State of Minnesota, and to license physi-
clans and surgeons and to punish persons VIC
latlng the provisions of this act.
BE 1t enacs ed by the Legislature of the State Of
SECTION I. The governor of this state shall
appoint a board OF examiners, to be known as
the state board OF medical examiners, consisting
OF nine ~ members who shall hold their office
tor three years after such appointment and uu-
vi tDelr successors are appointed.
provided, That the members thereof first APP
pointed under this act shall ie divided into
three classes, each class to consist of three. The
first class shall hold Office under said appoint
ment for the period Of one year, the second
class for two years and the third class for three
years from the date Of their appointment.
IL Is further provided that no member thereof
shall be appointed to serve for more than Two
terms in succession. and no member Of any col.
!ege or university having medical department
shall be appointed to serve as member of said
board, two of which shall oe homeopathic ply
sicianS
SEC Q Said board of medical exania-
and treasurer: shall have a common
seal The president and secretary shall
board OF medical examiners shall hold meetings
for examination at the capitol OF this state on
the first Tuesday Of January, April, July and
october of each year. and such other meetings
as said board ma! from time to time appoint.
Said board shall keep record of all the pro-
ceedings thereof, and also record or register of
all applicants for license, tc,ether with his or
her age, time spent in the study of medicine.
and the name and location of all institutions
granting to such applicants degrees or certiti-
register shall also show whether such applicant
was rejected or licensed under this act. Said
books and register shall be pri1na facie evidence
OF all OF the matters therein recorded.
SEC. 8 All persons hereafter commencing the
practice Of medicine aud surgery. in sof its
branches in this state. shall apply to said board
the time and place DESIGNATED by said
board or at the regular meeting of said
board, shall submit to an examination in the
Following oa branches towit anatomy physio-
peutlcs. preventive medicines, practice Of
MEDICINE. surgery, obstetrics, diseases OF women
and children, diseases OF the nervous system
diseases Of the eye and ear. medical jurispru-
dence and such other branches as the board
shall deem advisable and present evidence of
having attended three courses of lectures OF at
least SIX months each said board shall cause
such examination to be both scientific and prac-
tical but of sufficient severity to test the candi-
dates fitness to Practice medicine and surgery.
Whom desired. said examination may be con-
Quoted in the presence of the dean OF any medi-
cal SCHOOL, or the president Of any medical So
clety of this state. After examination. said
practice medicine and surgery in the State OF
Minnesota: which said license only he
granted by consent of not less than seven "a
secretary Of said board and ~attested
by the seal thereof. The fee of such examiua-
shall be paid by the applicant to the treasurer OF
said board. to be applied by said board towards
defrayinR the expenses thereof, and such board
may refuse or revoke a license for unprofes-
sional, dishonorable or Immoral conduct. In all
cases Of refusal or revocation the applicant may
appeal to appointing power Of said board.
Sec A. The person SO receiving said license
shall file the same or a certified copy thereof
with the clerk Of the district court in and for the
county where he or she resides, and said clerk OF
the conrt shall file said certificate or copy
q thereof
the date OF said License and name Of the person
to whom the ssmei Is issued, and the date Of such
purpose, and said clerk Of the court shall each
year furnish to the secretary Of said board a lsC
OF ali certificates on file in his Office and upon
notice to him Of the change Of location or death
Of a person SO licensed. or Of the revocation OF
the license granted to such person, said Clerk
shall enter at the appropriate places In the record
that the records kept by said clerk OF the court
shalt correspond with the records OF said board
as kept by the secretary thereof In case d per-
son so licensed shall move into another county
Of this state, he or she shall procure from the
clerk of the court certified copy of said license
and file the same with the clerk Of the district
court in the county to which he or she shall 80
remove. Said clerk shall file and enter the same
with like effect a. il the same was the original
license.
SEC S. This act shall not apply to commits
navy. to physicians or surgeons in actual con-
suitation from other states or territories or to
ACTUAL kueulCdl Stuue1L3 pf2cL1cl0E 1neQlciDe
der the direct supervision Of preceptor.
SEC t. Any person practicng medicine or
surgery within this state without having first
obtained the license herein provided for or con-
t. airy to the provisions OF this act, shall be
deemed guilty OF a misdemeanor, and upon
conviction shall be fined not less than fifty go
nor more than one hundred 400 dollars, or bv
imprisonment in the county jail not less than ten
(lO) nor more than ninety 900 days. or both fine
and imprisonment. Any person shall be re-
garded as pracsicng within the meaning Of this
act who shall append the letters M. D." or M.
B.. to his or her name. or for fee prescribe, rec
ommend for the of any person any drug or
medicine, other agency for the treatment,
care Or relief OF any wound. fracture or bodily
injury, jnfir1nity or disease: provided, however,
this act shall not apply to dentists: Justices Of
the peace and the respective municipal courts
shall have jurisdiction over violations OF the
provisions OF this act 1t shall be the duty OF
the respective county attorneys to prosecute vi
olati0ns of this act. .#<-st -. - =:
SEC. Z Chapter 1875 Of the General Laws OF
1888 is hereby repealed It is however pro-
yided that al perH0ns licensed under said act
shall Be taken and considered az licensed under
sthis act. And the secretary Of the beard herein
provided for shall enter the names Of such per-
ssons upon the register so kept by him Is
licensed physicians and surgeons. without ap-
piIcatioh,0 OF fee upon the part Of The persons SO
SEC 8. This act shall take effect sud DO in